Alabama kidnapping victim rescued by FBI

2012-09-22T18:38:19Z2012-09-22T18:38:19Z

Released by the FBI, Cincinnati Division:

CINCINNATI – Edward J. Hanko, Special Agent in Charge (SAC) of the Cincinnati
Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), today announced that
Charles "Dean" Partin, 36 years old, was arrested this morning in Cincinnati,
OH on a federal warrant for kidnapping.
Partin is suspected of kidnapping his minor stepdaughter from the
Southeast Alabama Medical Center on September 17, 2012.

The FBI Cincinnati SWAT Team rescued the minor victim early this
morning at a residence in the Price Hill neighborhood of Cincinnati. Julie Ann Bethke, age 36, the mother of the
minor, was also arrested on a state warrant out of Alabama for interference
with the custody of a minor. Charles Partin and Julie Bethke
are the minor's non-custodial parents

The
investigation was led by the FBI's Mobile, Alabama Division. The Cincinnati Police Department assisted in
the local operation.

The
public is reminded that warrants contain only allegations of criminal
misconduct and that defendants are presumed to be innocent unless proven guilty
in a court of law.